Host mussel utilization of the Itasenpara bitterling (Acheilognathus longipinnis) in the Moo River in Himi, Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-300

  Kitamura, Jyun ichi ^a,d   Negishi, Junjiro N ^b   Nishio, Masaki ^c   Sagawa, Shiro ^b   Akino, Jyun ichi ^b   Aoki, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aqua Restoration Research Center   (Japan)

^c The Board of Education in Himi City   (Japan)

^d Kannonzaki Nature Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cross section of river; Endangered species; Freshwater mussel; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACHEILOGNATHUS LONGIPINNIS; PISCES; RHODEUS; UNIO; UNIO DOUGLASIAE;

EID: 70349369869     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-008-0082-x     Document Type: Article

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